Hail, Terrell
- When
- May 9, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, 33 mi N of Dryden
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -102.120
Hail in Texas, May 9, 1999
This left-split storm moved quickly to the northeast across Terrell County and into eastern Pecos County. The storm then was absorbed by a large supercell storm moving to the southeast.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
This left-split storm moved quickly to the northeast across Terrell County and into eastern Pecos County. When the storm crossed I-10 the tennis ball size hail broke out car windows in several vehicles, including one law enforcement vehicle.The storm then was absorbed by a large supercell storm moving to the southeast.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pecos
- When
- May 9, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 10 mi NW of Sheffield
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -101.950
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, May 9 to 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9 to 23, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 9 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 9, 1999
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 9 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5697520, 5697521.